Nguyen Phuong Thanh when arrested - Photo: Provided by police
On March 24, the representative of the Ho Chi Minh City Police Advisory Department said that the Police Investigation Agency (PC3) of the Ho Chi Minh City Police issued a decision to prosecute the case, prosecute the defendant, and order to arrest the defendant to temporary detention of Nguyen Phuong Thanh (01 years old, residing in District 36) for "fraudulent appropriation of property".
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Procuracy has approved the above decisions and orders.
According to the investigation, Mr. N.D.G. (residing in Hanoi City) has known Thanh since 2011. In 2017, Mr. G. wanted to study in the US. Upon learning of this, Thanh told Mr. G. that Thanh had a relationship at the US Consulate General, potentially helping him get approval for studying abroad procedures.
Thanh promised to help and asked Mr. G. many times to give Thanh money to take care of the procedure. Mr. G. believed in Thanh's words so he informed his mother, Mrs. TTTB. Mr. G. and Mrs. B. then transferred money to Thanh many times with a total of 4 billion 566 million VND and 153.000 USD.
After receiving the money, Thanh used it all for personal purposes.
As a result of verification, Thanh has no relationship with the US Consulate General, does not have the function, authority and ability to carry out study abroad procedures as promised to Mr. G..
Seeing that it had been a long time since they transferred money to Thanh, Mr. G. was still not granted a visa to study abroad, so Mr. G. and Mrs. B. wrote a complaint to the Police Investigation Agency of Ho Chi Minh City Police. After learning of the accusation, Thanh did not cooperate at work and was devious in dealing with the investigation agency.
The police investigation agency focuses on verifying, summoning, recording statements of relevant people, and soliciting appraisal of seized documents.
